Dick Wolf Biography (1946-)

Full name, Richard A. Wolf; born December 20, 1946, in New York, NY; son of George (an advertising executive) and Marie G. (a homemaker; maiden name, Gaffney) Wolf; married Susan Scranton, September 5, 1970 (divorced, 1981); married Christine Marburg (a homemaker; some sources cite surname as Harburg), June29, 1983; children: Olivia Iselin, Sarina Granger, Elliot Granger.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, writer
Birth Details: December 20, 1946; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Executive Producer
Dying for Love, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1987
Masquerade, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
Producer
Skateboard, Universal, 1978
(As Richard Wolf) Gas, Paramount, 1981
(With Joseph Stern) No Man's Land, Orion, 1986
Presented By, Orion, 1986
Film Appearances
Sedgewick, Masquerade, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
Television Work
Creator and Executive Producer; Series
"Christine Cromwell," The ABC Saturday Mystery Movie, ABC, 1989-1990
H.E.L.P. (also known as 911), ABC, 1990
Nasty Boys, NBC, 1990
Law & Order, NBC, 1990-?
Mann & Machine, NBC, 1992
Crime & Punishment, CBS, 1993
South Beach, NBC, 1993
New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox,1994-1998
The Wright Verdicts, CBS, 1995
Swift Justice, UPN, 1996
Feds, CBS, 1997
Players, NBC, 1997-1998
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law &Order: SVU), NBC, 1999-?
(With John August) D.C., The WB, 2000
Deadline, NBC, 2000
Arrest & Trial, syndicated, beginning in 2000

Law & Order: Criminal Intent, NBC, 2001-?
Executive Producer; Series
(With others; and story editor) Miami Vice, NBC, c. 1986-1988
"Gideon Oliver," The ABC Monday Mystery Movie, ABC, 1989
The Human Factor, CBS, 1992
Trial & Error, NBC, 2001-?
Executive Script Consultant
Hill Street Blues, NBC, c. 1985-1986
Executive Producer; Movies
(And creator) Kill or Be Killed (also known as Nasty Boys II: Lone Justice), NBC, 1990
(And character creator) Exiled (also known as Exiled: A Law & Order Movie), NBC, 1998
The Invisible Man, 1998
Executive Producer; Pilots
Nasty Boys, NBC, 1989
Television Appearances
Specials
Today at Night, NBC, 1994
Episodic
Intimate Portrait: Jaclyn Smith, Lifetime, 1998
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Skateboard, Universal, 1978
(As Richard Wolf) Gas, Paramount, 1981
(With Jack Behr and Sandy Kroopf) No Man's Land, Orion, 1986
Dying for Love, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1987
Masquerade, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
(With Darryl Ponicsan; and author of story) School Ties, Paramount, 1992
Teleplays
Episodic
Hill Street Blues (includes episode "What Are Friends For?"), NBC,episodes between 1985 and 1986
Miami Vice, NBC, episodes between 1986 and 1987
Blue Lightning, 1987
"Sleep Well, Professor Oliver," an episode of "Gideon Oliver," The ABCMonday Mystery Movie, ABC, 1989
"Things That Go Bump in the Night," an episode of "Christine Cromwell," The ABC Saturday Mystery Movie, ABC, 1989
Premiere episode, H.E.L.P. (also known as 911), ABC, 1990
Premiere episode, Nasty Boys, NBC, 1990
Law & Order (includes episode "Agony"), NBC, episodes beginning in 1990
Premiere episode, Mann & Machine, NBC, 1992
Premiere episode, Crime & Punishment, CBS, 1993
Swift Justice, UPN, 1996
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law &Order: SVU), NBC, episodes beginning in 1999
Deadline, NBC, 2000
Law & Order: Criminal Intent, NBC, episodes beginning in 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Authors, Volume 139, Gale, 1993

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